UPDATED Update on Pasadena bomb scare; three pipe bombs detonated

PASADENA - A parolee led Pasadena Police on a vehicle chase before barricading himself into an apartment with what authorities believed to have been three pipe bombs, officials said Wednesday.

The pipe bombs were detonated by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Bomb Squad on Wednesday morning.

Beau Eginton, 29, of Pasadena, was arrested and booked on felony possession of explosive devices on Wednesday, Pasadena police Lt. Phlunte Riddle said.

Eginton was on parole for possession of methamphetamine, she said.

The chase began Tuesday night when Eginton allegedly failed to yield at traffic stop. Pasadena Police pursued the suspect in his vehicle and then on foot, Riddle said.

Eginton locked himself in his apartment at 201 S. Oak Knoll Ave. in Pasadena.

"A containment was set up and we arrested the suspect," Riddle said. "We returned later to search the apartment with the owner's permission and found the devices."

The Sheriff's Bomb Squad robot removed the pipe bombs, each of which was exploded separately during the course of the morning.

Pasadena police had "no idea where (Eginton) got the explosives," Riddle said.

Pasadena police detectives were scheduled to interogate Eginton on Wednesday afternoon.